Dodge Foundation Awards 104 Grants in 2011

The Trustees of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation approved grants  totaling nearly $4.4 million in Dodge's second of three grantmaking cycles for 2011.  Dodge distributed 104 grants across all areas of the Foundation's interests (arts,  education, environment and media); however, the majority of applicants in this cycle  represented arts and arts education non-profits and programs and accounted for $2.4  million of the total.

"The Dodge Foundation is proud to be a leading funder of the arts in New  Jersey," noted President and CEO Chris Daggett. "These grants reflect our deep and  long-standing commitment to the arts, and to robust and transformative arts education  opportunities for New Jersey's students."

To date this year, the Dodge Foundation has made 187 grants totaling nearly  $7.9 million. A third and final cycle of grantmaking for 2011 will take place in late  November, with proposal submissions due by September 1st. The Dodge Foundation  website: www.grdodge.org contains information on applying for grants as well as  complete listings of prior grants.

The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation was established in 1974 through the foresight and generosity of
Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge, daughter of William and Almira Rockefeller. Its mission is to support
and encourage those educational, cultural, and environmental values that contribute to making our
society more humane and our world more livable, which is realized through grantmaking primarily in
its home state of New Jersey, and through a comprehensive technical assistance program geared
towards strengthening the capacity of New Jersey's non-profit community.

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